Swingman wrote:

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Many of the old wider (66 1/4" in this case) sideboards/buffets you see
show a tendency to sag over time, with the drawers and doors binding to
the point of being unusable, thus the much used 'six legged' design to
give that needed center support.

This method of doing the casework, better described on Projects/page 13 of
my website below, uses a dovetailed box with legs attached, and with the
vertical partitions fitted in dadoes and further reinforced with mortise
and tenons to the top and bottom, resulting in casework with an amazing
amount of structural integrity and resistance to racking/sagging across
it's length.


Interesting. Here I thought all the old stuff was always better. ;-)

Although this prototype is completely functional, the hardware, drawer
fronts, and doors will be re-used in the final iteration, with those you
see being replaced with veneered versions so this prototype can be put to
use in another part of the house.


Out of curiosity, what makes the casework "prototype" vs. the final
design?

All in all, with a few design tweaks and the many "lessons learned" during
the process, I will probably use the same basic approach to the casework
for the planned version.


Very nice looking piece